Frankenstein 2
Do you believe in miracles? It looks as though the author of Frankenstein does. Mary Shelley has written a story about the creation of human life by the hands of a human being. This is easily compared to the story of Adam and Eve. In the book, Victor and the monster, are compared with God and Adam. In both stories life was created by hand, out of nothing. Both the monster and Adam asked their creators for a companion, but while God satisfied Adam's request, Victor refused his creation's request. Lastly, the monster turned evil and seeked revenge unlike Adam, who after committing his sin, accepted his guilt and resigned heaven without revenge. The monster had many differences and things in common with Adam, as well as Victor with God. In the story of Adam and Eve, God was, and still is know a perfect and wise creator. He decided to develop human life and did so "with his own hands". Adam was a man who was put by God in the land of paradise without wisdom or contact with any other being. He was told by God to choose between right and wrong during his lifetime. God also gave Adam advice and hints, like, to not eat the apples from a certain tree because that would lead him to evil. Adam took this into consideration, but
As a result of Victor's action of destroying his second creation, the monster threatened him with the intention of revenge " I will be with you on your wedding night" (pg.176). He seeked revenge not only by being there on Victor's wedding night, but also by killing his nearest and dearest. He followed Victor everywhere he went and made him suffer, finding the bodies of the people that he loved. "I saw the lifeless form of Henry Clerval stretched before me"(pg.184) This affected Victor mentally and physically. He got very ill for a long time. "A fever succeeded to this. I lay for two months on the point of death" (pg.184). The monster turned evil and went against his creator. Adam, commits a sin like the monster but not as severe. While the monsters sin involved killing people, Adam's is only the break of a promise (eating the apple). He also reacts differently in comparison to the monster. Adam accepted his guilt and left heaven without revenge in contrast with the monster, who wanted his creator to suffer. As shown, the monster and Adam have many things in common and many things in contrast. The fact that they were both made by hand is a very important similarity. The main difference is that Adam was developed by a creator who is perfect in every aspect and very wise, and the monster is created by a normal person who only has knowledge from a few books. This affects the actions and reactions towards different situations of both creations. Obviously, Adam is b
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